{"title":"Analysis of Copper (II) Mixed Ligand Complexes Using Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Data","authors":"Sudhir Sawasiya, Pramod Kumar Malviya","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424600870","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424600870","url":null,"abstract":"<p>X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) has been studied at the <i>K</i>-edge of copper in copper(II) complexes: Cu(L<sup>1</sup>)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>1</b>), Cu(L<sup>2</sup>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>·5H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>2</b>), Cu(L<sup>3</sup>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>·5H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>3</b>) and Cu(L<sup>4</sup>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>·5H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>4</b>), where L<sup>1</sup> = salicylaldehyde benzoyl hydrazine (SBH), L<sup>2</sup> = 5-nitro SBH, L<sup>3</sup> = 5-methyl SBH, and L<sup>4</sup> = 5‑bromo SBH. Cu <i>K</i>-Edge EXAFS beamline (BL-09) at 2.5 GeV established at Indus-2, RRCAT, Indore, India, was used to describe the data. Using the published crystal structures of each of these complexes, theoretical models have been created individually. Coordination numbers and bond length are among the characteristics of the structural that have been identified by fitting these theoretical models to the corresponding experimental EXAFS data. The first peak’s position in the Fourier transform, as well as the graphical technique of Levy, Lytle, and L.S.S., provide the value of the first shell bond length. The bond lengths of the complexes in study have been experimentally determined using the Levy, Lytle, and L.S.S. approach. These approaches’ outcomes have been compared to those of a theoretical approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overview on Spinel Oxides: Synthesis and Applications in Various Fields","authors":"Davuluri Srikala, S. D. Kaushik, Maya Verma","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424601073","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424601073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Spinel oxides received widespread research interest because of versatility involved in various properties which are tunable as per disparity in composition, morphology, defects, doping sites, structure, lattice dynamics, interactions, surface area, substrate and so on. Due to the significant multifunctional applications, it is vital to probe these materials as they allow various dopants for the construction of diverse composites with novel and innovative performance. The present review is meant for the quicker understanding of 4-2 spinel oxides. The article covers the background of spinel oxides with their synthesis and applications. To begin with, spinel oxide crystal structure is introduced. It is observed that the diverse properties arise from the variety of cations substituted at the tetrahedral A-site and octahedral B-site. Traditional synthesis and novel methods for preparing spinel oxides is discussed in depth. Finally, it sheds light on recent advancement of spinel oxides for the multifunctional applications such as batteries, sensors, photocatalysts, multiferroics, memory devices, fuel cells and many more.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oxide Coated Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Biosensors: Analytical Modeling and Discrete Dipole Approximation Method","authors":"Adil Bouhadiche, Soulef Benghorieb","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424600833","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424600833","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs), such as gold and silver, have been studied extensively in various fields in science and technology due to their peculiar properties, including high stability, easy chemical synthesis, tuneable surface functionalization and plasmonic property. Researchers have used them to fabricate biosensors. Indeed, biosensors have received a lot of attention because they enable the production of small, portable devices. The biosensor industry has grown; design attempts to improve and strengthen their detection characteristics and reduce their volumes. Enzymes are generally used to provide high selectivity and sensitivity; however, their short shelf life becomes a major drawback. Scientists have tried to find other materials to replace enzymes; having long-term stability and suitability for biosensors. Nanoparticles and metal oxides substituting enzymes in sensing devices represent the best candidate to achieve high selectivity and sensitivity. Herein, coated noble metal nanoparticles of various shapes and sizes, including nanospheres, nanowires, nanocubes and nanocylinders, are dispersed in surrounding media with different refractive indices to study, via the discrete dipole approximation (DDA) method, the response of their surface plasmon peaks. For this, a simulation model is proposed for the calculations of the plasmonic properties of the considered NPs, and analytical formulas are presented. The refractive index sensitivities (RISs) have been found to depend on the shape, size, core material, shell thickness and shell composition of the nanoparticles. LSPR sensors based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) exhibit the lowest RISs compared to the Ag and Al based nanosensors with a value of 93.33 nm/RIU (Ag) > 46 nm/RIU (Al) > 26 nm/RIU (Au), X = 5 nm. Numerical data clearly explain why silver is the plasmon material of choice for sensing applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashvini Pusdekar, N. S. Ugemuge, R. A. Nafdey, S. V. Moharil
{"title":"Near-Infrared Emission in Na5Y(WO4)4:Nd3+","authors":"Ashvini Pusdekar, N. S. Ugemuge, R. A. Nafdey, S. V. Moharil","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424601188","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424601188","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Luminescence in Na<sub>5</sub>Y(WO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>:Nd<sup>3+</sup> is investigated for the first time. The emission is in the near-infrared region. The well known <sup>4</sup><i>F</i><sub>3/2</sub> → <sup>4</sup><i>I</i><sub>9/2</sub> transition leads to most intense line at 1069 nm. The excitation and emission spectra are interpreted using the energy level diagram of Nd<sup>3+</sup>. The excitation spectrum is made up of a large number of sharp lines attributable to various <i>f–f</i> transitions. A weak band at 360 nm in the ex-citation spectrum is assigned to the host. Notwithstanding large <i>Y</i>–<i>Y</i> distances, the luminescence is quenched at concentrations exceeding 2 mol %. The critical distance for energy transfer among Nd<sup>3+</sup> ions is found to be 32.85 Å.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermodynamic and Magnetic Properties of Heavy Fermion UTe2 Superconductor","authors":"Habtamu Anagaw, Gebregziabher Kahsay, Tamiru Negussie","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424600729","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424600729","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the current study, the density of state, condensation energy, specific heat, and magnetization in a spin triplet superconductor UTe<sub>2</sub> have been theoretically investigated. By utilizing the retarded double-time temperature-dependent Green’s function formalism and constructing a model Hamiltonian for the system, we derived expressions for the aforementioned parameters. MATLAB scripts were used to plot the phase diagrams. From the phase diagrams, we observed that the density of state of superconducting electron increases with excitation energy, reaching a maximum at the superconducting gap. Beyond this point, it decreases until it equals the normal state density. Condensation energy decreases with temperature, reaching a minimum at the superconducting transition temperature (<i>T</i><sub>C</sub>). However, it increases with <i>T</i><sub>C</sub> and eventually becomes zero, indicating that the superconducting and normal state energies are equal. Furhermore, specific heat increases with temperature, exhibiting a maximum at <i>T</i><sub>C</sub> followed by a jump, characteristic of a second-order phase transition from the superconducting to the normal state. Both itinerant and localized electron magnetization decrease with temperature, vanishing at <i>T</i><sub>C</sub> = 1.6 K and magnetic phase transition temperature <i>T</i> = 2 K, respectively, signifying a ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition. Our findings align well with previous research.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling the Size Dependence of Specific Heat Capacity and Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Metallic Nanocrystals","authors":"Hongchao Sheng, Beibei Xiao, Xiaobao Jiang","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424600808","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424600808","url":null,"abstract":"<p>At mesoscale, materials always exhibit a variety of novel properties that are completely different from those of bulk. In this work, the size (<i>D</i>) dependence functions of specific heat capacity <i>C</i><sub>p</sub>(<i>D</i>) and thermal expansion coefficient α(<i>D</i>) for metallic nanocrystals is built. The proposed model shows a good agreement as compared with the available experimental an simulation data of metal nanocrystals. Both <i>C</i><sub>p</sub>(<i>D</i>) and α(<i>D</i>) increase following the drop of <i>D</i>. In addition, it is found that the ratio of the solid/liquid interface energy γ<sub>sl</sub> to surface stress <i>f</i> dominate the size dependence of <i>C</i><sub>p</sub>(<i>D</i>) and α(<i>D</i>), and this influence of γ<sub>sl</sub>/<i>f</i> on <i>C</i><sub>p</sub>(<i>D</i>) and α(<i>D</i>) become greater as <i>D</i> decrease.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ab Initio Study of Y Doping Effects on Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties in Rh2Mn1–xYxZ (Z = Ge, Sn)","authors":"A. Lekhal, F. Z. Benkhelifa, A. Zaoui","doi":"10.1134/S1063783423600401","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783423600401","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The electronic and magnetic properties of the doped Heusler alloys Rh<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>Y<sub><i>x</i></sub>Ge and Rh<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>1‒<i>x</i></sub>Y<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sn (<i>x</i> = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) have been performed within the first-principles density functional theory (DFT) using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) scheme, with the disordered structures. The calculated results reveal that with increasing Y content, the lattice parameter slightly increases except <i>x</i> = 0.5 for Rh<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>Y<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sn. For both quaternary alloys it is found the local moments of Mn(Y) and Rh basically show a linear decreasing trend with increasing doping concentration and the total magnetic is negligible for <i>x</i> = 1. The minority-spin band component at the Fermi level for Rh<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>Y<sub><i>x</i></sub>Ge and Rh<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>Y<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sn decreases while the majority-spin band component at the Fermi is less affected with the substitution of Y atoms for Mn atoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142409469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of Spin-Polarized Current Induced Domain Wall Velocity in a Magnetic Nano Stripe Using Sinc Pulse—A Computational Study","authors":"Madhurima Sen, Saswati Barman","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424600572","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424600572","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Domain wall propagation and domain wall structure in spin dynamics play a crucial role in the development of new efficient memory devices. A transverse domain wall in the finite straight permalloy nanostrip has been investigated by applying the different normalized sinc current pulses and observing its motion. In addition, it has been observed that domain wall velocity gradually increases with the increase of the pulse period of the sinc pulse current. Furthermore, the pulse scale plays another crucial role in improving the domain wall velocity. Domain Wall velocity can be increased again by changing the non-adiabatic parameter. This study has successfully found the optimal values of the non-adiabatic parameter β and a scaler factor <i>k</i> that can be multiplied to pulse scale resulting in the highest domain wall velocity in particularly low current. It significantly established another control mechanism on the domain wall by varying the pulse scale and pulse period of the sinc pulse current. The present work shows that domain wall motion inside magnetic nano strips may be controlled with high efficiency and reliability using spin-polarized current pulse by solving the LLG equation and the object oriented micromagnetic framework (OOMMF) simulator. The development of racetrack memory technologies with enhanced data storing capacity will be significantly impacted by this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ari Karim Majid, Zhaleh Ebrahiminejad, Somayeh Asgary
{"title":"Study on the Performance of Optimized Color-Sensitive Solar Cells","authors":"Ari Karim Majid, Zhaleh Ebrahiminejad, Somayeh Asgary","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424600687","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424600687","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this work, titanium dioxide nanoparticles, titanium dioxide nanofibers and zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by sol-gel method and the structure and performance of these nanomaterials on color-sensitive solar cells along with carbon nanotubes as cathodes have been discussed using XRD, SEM, and cu-rrent–voltage curve. The results of XRD analysis of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles showed that these particles have good crystalline structure without any impurity peaks in the graphs. According to the result, titanium dioxide nanofiber shows the best electrical efficiency, which is shown by the slope of the current–voltage curve for this sample among the titanium dioxide nanoparticles and zinc oxide nanoparticles.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. P. Sirkeli, O. Yilmazoglu, A. S. Hajo, N. D. Nedeoglo, D. D. Nedeoglo, F. Küppers, H. L. Hartnagel
{"title":"High Performance ZnSe-Based Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Different Schottky Contacts","authors":"V. P. Sirkeli, O. Yilmazoglu, A. S. Hajo, N. D. Nedeoglo, D. D. Nedeoglo, F. Küppers, H. L. Hartnagel","doi":"10.1134/S1063783424601164","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063783424601164","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We report on fabrication and characterization of high-performance ZnSe-based metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors with different Schottky contacts (Cr/Au, Ni/Au, Ag‑nanowire (Ag-NW)) and device structures (conventional planar contacts, interdigitated contacts, hybrid nanowire contacts). At room temperature, the low values of dark current of 0.71, 0.59, and 0.36 nA at bias voltage of 15 V were achieved for devices with Cr/Au, Ni/Au, and hybrid Ni/Au and Ag-NW contacts, respectively. A very high responsivity of 5.40 A W<sup>–1</sup> and detectivity of 3.4 × 10<sup>11</sup> cm W<sup>–1</sup> Hz<sup>1/2</sup> at bias voltage of 15 V for light with a wavelength of 325 nm is obtained for UV photodetector with Ni/Au interdigitated contacts. The best performance of devices with Ni/Au interdigitated contacts due to the higher Schottky barrier height of ~1.49 eV for Ni/Au contacts in comparison with ~1.26 eV for Cr/Au contacts is found. The measured response times of all UV photodetectors is in the µs-range and is limited by the <i>RC</i> time of the measurement system. Thus, this study demonstrates the high potential of ZnSe-based MSM structures with Ni/Au interdigitated and hybrid Ni/Au and Ag-NW contacts as a high-sensitive ultrafast UV photodetectors, which are promising for the applications, such as UV tomography and UV high-speed communication systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":731,"journal":{"name":"Physics of the Solid State","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}